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I love easy, fast sewing projects. Especially the ones that make me smile when I am done. This Santa beard is just that type of project.
I have seen similar designs all over the blog world and even on Etsy but I am on a budget so what do I do? Make it myself, of course!
This one that I made here and photographed is now in a box and on its way to my baby sister who is going to be spending her first Christmas away from the family. She is is the Marine Corp and serving in Afghanistan. She has an amazing sense of humor just like her big sister (I am not one for modesty LOL) and will just ADORE the humor in this beard. I can't wait till she gets it.
Anyhow, let's get on with it.
First download and print the pattern. I am now including a 1" control square on all my patterns so this should help everyone out. :)
The materials are easy. 1 piece of pre-cut cream or white felt or a nice piece of soft flannel or fleece. This will be the liner that touches your face. A piece of white fleece just large enough to accommodate the pattern pieces.
Now I did the entire piece on my sewing machine but this could also be sewn by hand with a running stitch or blanket stitch. The choice is yours.
Oh and don't forget your elastic! I chose a narrow white elastic (the size escapes my mind that the moment) but really the choice is yours here as well.
The elastic needs to be long enough to go around the head of the wearer, from ear to ear. There should be some stretching of the elastic when it is on the person but not so much that it leaves indentations and grimaces from "Santa."
Stitch the mustache onto the right side of the beard piece (the piece that is facing the world not your freckles). Then place this onto the liner fabric.
Now for the elastic. You can pin it before sewing and have it sandwiched between the beard and the liner or your can sew it on last with the ends on the liner side. It's up to you. The placement position is indicated on the pattern by a small grey box on the beard).
Okay so depending on what you decided for the elastic, you may only need to stitch the liner and beard pieces together using a straight stitch on your sewing machine. Keep the stitch as close to the edge as you feel comfortable.
(Here I am wearing the beard. Tee Hee.)
Remember this project is supposed to be easy and fun. There are no steadfast rules on this, bend or break the few rules there are as you see fit!
And lastly, just have fun. Enjoy! Muah!!


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Two different product brands but the same effect. They do their jobs perfectly.
- exfoliating (through lactic acid and glycolic acid)
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Over the years I've had a few offers to move beyond this medium into a venue that's a bit broader — usually podcasts or something similar. And I am flattered by the offers, but I have to say no.
I am open about my efforts to maintain a severe divide between my online persona and my real life — open about being closed, so to speak. There's no big secret — I'm not famous or influential at all, in fact it's quite to the contrary.
However, I really feel there is a danger to giving up too much information to the Internet. You won't find me on Facebook — K.Mandla or my real-life identity — or any other "social network," unless the Ubuntu Forums counts.
It's just too scary, if you ask me. The hottest commodity available in the world today is a secure grasp on an identity, and all the trappings that come with it.
And I don't trust the Internet, with its flashing lights and shiny buttons, to keep that information secure. I've mentioned in the past my distrust of cloud computing, and this aversion is similar.
Something like a podcast — by virtue of tone of voice, accent or even speech patterns — would be giving away more information than I am comfortable with. More than the little I've made available already.
So I'll say publicly, to the few offers I've received … thanks, but no thanks. This format, although I detest it in general, is a compromise between expression and privacy. For the time being, this is as far as I'll go. 🙂


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– There were 3,000 people in attendance for last Thursday's TNA Impact Wrestling tapings from Corpus Christi, Texas but the event was heavily papered. This was the first of the tapings since they went on the road where advance ticket sales were weak.
– Dixie Carter announced on Twitter that this Thursday's X Division match will feature a camera attached to the referee. She wrote:
"During this week's #XDivision match, we experiment with a new camera attached to the ref to bring you closer to action!"
– Rumor has it that this year's Bound for Glory pay-per-view in October will take place from San Diego, California but that's not confirmed.
Big Backstage News on Jeff Hardy, Hot New Dixie Carter Photos, More
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Unadilla Rewind Dates Announced
New Berlin, NY - Unadilla Motocross in New Berlin, New York is pleased to announce the return of MX Rewind on June 14-16, 2013. Building the success of last year's inaugural event, MX Rewind 2013 is poised to return bigger, stronger and with even more fun planned.
"We had a great time last year celebrating the history of the great sport of Motocross' states Unadilla's Greg Robinson. 'With over fifteen famous legends in attendance from Friday right through Sunday, including three World Champions, it was a very special event! For 2013, riders can once again expect to arrive to a grass covered Unadilla, just like it was back in the day."
All the popular historical classes, events and features of MX Rewind will be back in 2013--- vintage and post vintage cross-country and motocross racing, well known legends, a better and strong swap meet, as well as bike shows, meet and greets, bench racing, the legends challenge, and nightly entertainment. 2013 will also feature vintage trials competition as well. As long as your bike meets the vintage or post vintage guidelines, you are eligible to race on the famed Unadilla Pro Track. Check the rules for more details - but the cutoff date for racing is 1996, so all motorcycles built and sold as a 1996 and prior are potentially eligible for competition.
You don't have to have a pristine vintage bike to become part of the racing action. There are a lot of older bikes out there for sale that will allow you to become part of the racing action at for a great price. And for those who just want to step back in time and remember the Good 'Ole Days, a full weekend of on and off the track activities await. Spectator camping is available or racers and fans can choose from a number of chain hotels in the area.
For more information about MX Rewind 2013 on June 14-16, visit www.mxrewind.com or call 607/965-8450.


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Recently, I was given the opportunity from MomsMeet and Blue Diamond AlmondBreeze to try their newest Almondmilk flavor: Almond Coconutmilk Blend.
While it's not my thing to chug straight from the tetrapak, I came up with a couple of pretty tasty ways to use it – and beat the summer heat!
What's not to love about pudding? Slaving away over a hot stove to make the stuff!
Well, how about some cool, delicious and healthy Chia Seed Pudding with AlmondBreeze's Almond Coconutmilk Blend? And it doesn't require cooking!
Chia Seed Pudding
1/4 cup chia seeds
1 cup AlmondBreeze Almond Coconutmilk Blend
1/4 tsp vanilla
!/4 cup sweetener like honey, agave syrup, maple syrup (although personally I felt the almondmilk was just sweet enough for me as-is.)
1/4 tsp other flavor extract
2 Heaping tbsp Ovaltine or other chocolate milk mix to make Chocolate Chia Seed Pudding.
Mix everything together and stow it in the refrigerator for 2-3 hours.
Eat. Enjoy!
It's just like tapioca!
And of course – the Smoothie!
AlmondBreeze Tropical Frost Smoothie
1 cup AlmondBreeze Almond Coconutmilk Blend
1 banana
1/4 cup pineapple chunks (frozen is best)
1/4 cup mango chunks (frozen is best)
(if you'd like to add a heaping tbsp of greens powder or a small raw organic zucchini (ends cut off) that works too!)
Blend. Pour into tall glass. (teensy umbrella optional) Enjoy!
I also tried the above recipes with a plain unsweetened flavor of AlmondBreeze and the results were pretty good, but that Almond Coconutmilk Blend really made my tastebuds pop!
Even one of my twins, Halle, became addicted to the chia seed pudding! It's a great way to get fiber, protein and calcium into your kids!
How'd you like a chance to try AlmondBreeze almondmilk for yourself?
Thanks to the generosity of MomsMeet and AlmondBreeze, TwiceBlessedLife is proud to host a giveaway with 3 WINNERS!!
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As readers travel with Telchin, they too will discover a deeper, fuller awareness of both Judaism and Christianity, as well as how God can heal wounds from the bitterest conflicts. Even more, readers will discover the inexorable power of the gospel. This new edition includes an update from the author and wisdom-filled words on Jewish identity.
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On Stage
What Would Petula Do?
Acclaimed Irish singer-actress Maxine Linehan offers up a sparkling tribute to Petula Clark in her dynamic cabaret performance. She takes her audience on a musical journey exuberantly charting the course of Clark's extraordinary career from her early, popular recordings in the 1940s, through her mega-stardom in the 1960s, to her award-winning performances in film and on Broadway right up to the 1990s. With songs like "I Know a Place," "Don't Sleep in the Subway," Color My World," "Old Devil Moon," "The Sound of Music," "This is My Song," and of course, "Downtown," this show puts a fresh spin on the iconic vocalist's classic tunes. Hailed by critics for her ability to emotionally engage audiences throughout a stunning vocal performance, Linehan brings Clark's career alive. Her respect and longtime admiration for Clark is evident from the start to finish, which she eagerly shares with her audience. A live album recorded in Paris will be released this year.
Saturday, March 23, 8 p.m. $40 and $35. Adelphi University Performing Arts Center, 1 South Ave., Garden City. (516) 877-4000 or aupac.adelphi.edu.
In Concert
Canta Libre Chamber Ensemble
The renowned quintet welcomes the season with a spring equinox concert. The ensemble of harp, flute and three strings — under the helm of flutist Sally Shorrock, founder and director — specializes in a repertoire that brings the music and cultural atmosphere of turn-of-the-century Paris to 21st century audiences. The repertoire for this program includes music for septet: "Angels in Flight" by Marjan Mozetich; "Distant Light" by Joseph Russo; "Cherry Blossoms" by Gary Schocker; the world premiere of "Abstract No. 1" by Joel Lambdin (composed to commemorate this special concert); and Maurice Ravel's pivotal work "Introduction and Allegro." These selections are accompanied by striking imagery on the Planetarium dome.
Saturday, March 23, 6-7:30 p.m. $20 in advance, $25 at door, $15 children $15 and younger. Vanderbilt Museum's Charles and Helen Reichert Planetarium, 180 Little Neck Rd., Centerport. (631) 854-5579 or www.vanderbiltmuseum.org.


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Depleted Crunch continue to struggle.
Riku Helenius allowed 5 goals on 37 shots for the loss. The Crunch could really use one of their goaltenders standing on their head to get through this rough patch. Didn't quite happen tonight. Helenius did, at least, turn aside a Binghamton penalty shot early in the First Period.
First Period
BNG Sdao, (2) , 10:26
Second Period
BNG Petersson, (6) (O'Brien, Prince), 6:45
SYR Walker, (1) (Korobov, Cote), 10:35 (PP)
BNG Prince, (5) , 19:02
Third Period
BNG Schneider, (6) (Dziurzynski, Robinson), 11:31
BNG Petersson, (7) (O'Brien, Prince), 15:14
To add injury to insult, Nikita Nesterov took a slapshot to the face in an ugly scene, and may miss some more time because of it.
At this point, I have to openly wonder if Julien BriseBois is going to pull the trigger to get a veteran player or two into Syracuse to try to stabilize things. The team did add familiar face P.M. Devos on a PTO, but it may take a weightier move to staunch the bleeding.
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Over time, the U.S. government has created tax policy to encourage what is deemed desired behavior among taxpayers. For example, the mortgage interest deduction helps Americans afford homes. But there are other "social" tax policies that are less obvious. In this post, we'll discuss one of these, depreciation.
Depreciation is a great tax incentive for investors that helps create a supply of rental property. In essence, it encourages investors to buy property for investment and charge rent to those who cannot afford to buy or who chose not to buy a home of their own. Depreciation is a significant tax benefit, but only if the following requirements are met:
- The taxpayer must own the property. Taxpayers may also depreciate any capital improvements for property the taxpayer leases.
- A taxpayer must use the property in business or in an income-producing activity. If a taxpayer uses a property for business and for personal purposes, the taxpayer can deduct depreciation based only on the business use of that property.
- The property must have a determinable useful life of more than one year.
A large portion of the real estate market consists of individuals and families who buy homes in which to live. But the rental market is also very significant. As previously mentioned, the government encourages investors to buy rental property through the depreciation allowance. If you invest in residential rental property, you must depreciate it over a 27.5-year period. Commercial rental property is depreciated over a 39-year period. During this depreciation period, the property owner is allowed a tax deduction for a portion of the property's value which appears as a line item on Schedule E of his tax return. This is essentially another expense which reduces the amount of rental income that flows through to the taxpayer's 1040. It's common that, when taxpayers subtract their expenses (which includes depreciation) from gross rental income, the end result is a net rental income close to zero. In other words, very little tax is due on the rental income.
Without this deduction, investors would be less motivated to purchase rental property and those who rent could find it more difficult to locate suitable housing due to the decrease in supply. This would likely drive rents higher and could result in a rise in homelessness.
Just as in business, government uses the dollar to encourage desired behavior. Even though we are in a time of record deficits and debt, I'm confident the government will not eliminate the mortgage interest deduction or depreciation allowance for residential rental property. If these actions were taken, the housing market would weaken, prices would fall and rental inventory would decline. This would cause rental prices to rise. In short, if the housing market weakened, the economic fallout could be severe. Hence, the government will look for other ways to generate revenue. Be sure to look under the surface the next time you hear a politician espouse a particular view. I believe the most important question we can ask is, "Why?"


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Last year, Rio Arriba County ranked last in the New Mexico for immunizations of Seniors. In one year, we went from last to second by bringing our immunization campaign directly to neighborhood senior centers. This year, we are expanding our push, bringing immunizations for influenza, pneumonia, tetanus and whooping cough to the senior centers once again, but als joint pain prevention, Medicare enrollment, heart and diabetes checks, and more. The site managers of each community we visit are organizing some of their own activities as well. As a result, the tone of each outreach mirrors the personality of that community.
Espanola Hospital, the NM DOH and El Centro Family Health have accompanied us to each site to provide medical staffing. We need to pass the Hospital Mil Levy, and to raise our Market Share among Medicare recipients from 45% to 75% in order to qualify for the $1.8 million federal subsidy for Sole Community Provider Medicare Hospitals. Rather than marketing through ads, Espanola Presbyterian Hospital is assisting us to bring preventive services directly to Rio Arriba Senior Citizens.
We've had other providers helping us as well: AmberCare, NM Disability Rights, and the Espanola Energy Employee's Resource Center for folks who have been harmed by radiation.
In Dixon, they held an arts and crafts fair; we came up with a collaborative solution to a crisis; and we visited the home of a Centenarian. Each of these events has been so inspiring. I hope these videos help you to enjoy them, too!


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My eldest daughter was a huge Twilight fan when the series first came out, right up until the day she read Breaking Dawn.
I happened to be away at a writer's conference that Saturday and she called me in the middle of dinner to kvetch on how the ending so disappointed her and how truly awful she thought it was.
I was frustrated on her behalf because she was really into the books at that moment. So when I told her we were going to focus on Twilight on GeekMom, I asked if she'd write an article to say why she got so hooked on the books in the first place and why so much of the criticism of the series angers her, even though she still truly hates Breaking Dawn.
So, from a former teen reader of Twilight...
The Eldest: (Now 17)
I'm going to start with three generally agreed opinions about Twilight.
One, Twilight is not that well-written. It is not good literature; it's not a work of art. It's essentially a wish-fulfillment fantasy that some people happen to relate to and others are repelled by
Two, it is anti-feminist, Edward and Bella do have an unhealthy relationship, the role of the female is diminished to child bearer, and young girls should probably not be idealizing it or wanting to be like the characters.
Three, the Twilight haters are just as bad as the Twilight lovers.
Twilight is not Shakespeare, no matter how many Romeo and Juliet references Stephenie Meyer put into New Moon.
The plot is nearly nonexistent, the main characters are one-dimensional, the historical references are very inaccurate, and the most interesting stories are all in the background. The book is not a very well-written novel by objective standards.
However, it does do exactly what it is meant to do, which is give teenage girls a vehicle through which to relate to a character and allow young women to internalize sex in a way that seems safe to them. Bella is meant to be ambiguous enough for the reader to insert themselves in her place and feel what she feels. Her lack of characterization is very deliberate.
Edward does withhold sex from Bella, threaten to kill himself, prevent her from seeing her friends, treat her like a child, and mold her opinions to match his own. This is emotional abuse, it's not the kind of relationship any woman would actually want in real life, and the idea of 'imprinting' is pedophilic and unhealthy.
I maintain very strongly that the idea of having one person serve—throughout your lifetime—as your father/caretaker, brother, best friend, boyfriend, lover, and husband, and having all of these roles decided upon since your birth and without your consent, is deeply disturbing. Not to mention that anticipating a sexual relationship with a child is just as bad as having one. I'm also no fan of the glorification of teenage pregnancy Breaking Dawn also features.
However, there are countless other forms of media with equally unhealthy relationships.
Gilmore Girls also made some girls want to have children young so their relationship would be similar to the mother and daughter on the show. Barbie dolls encourage unhealthy body image.
And to address complaints about how the girls get unrealistic ideas of how life will turn out, I point out a comic book character called Spider-Man.
Peter Parker is a nerd with a horrible life. Suddenly, he is bitten by a radioactive spider and attains superhuman powers he uses to gain money and fame (at first), and promptly begins dating a red-hot supermodel named Mary Jane. Does this mean the boys reading it are going to go searching for science labs with tarantulas?
Compare this to Twilight, where Bella Swan moves to a town called Forks, is suddenly lusted after by every guy in the book, gets her own car, and has several different best friends who are more than happy to provide her with all the clothes and makeovers a teenage girl's heart could want. The same principle applies here—does this mean the girls reading Twilight are going to start walking down a dark alley in Port Angeles?
As someone who spent a lot of time in Twilight fandom, I have yet to meet a single girl who actually thought going to Forks—which is actually a fairly low-income town, something else Stephenie Meyer failed to express in her storytelling—would attain them everything they ever wanted in life.
Furthermore, there is no actual reason to hate Bella.
She is a normal and realistic teenage girl who is in unrealistic and paranormal situations. I'm not saying she makes good choices, but I know countless numbers of Bella Swans in my high school—and I'm pretty sure they are common elsewhere, too. There is nothing to dislike or like about her; she's annoying and has no personality, but she is merely a blank slate on which the other characters and readers write upon.
She is essentially a paper doll. And the Bella Swans of the real world grow up and get personalities and get over themselves. It is not admirable that Bella Swan does not do so, but she is a teenage girl frozen at a certain stage of life that we should all be able to sympathize with to some extent. She's not that bad.
In addition, has anyone looked at the Twilight haters recently?
Their arguments are no more intelligent than the Twilight lovers' arguments are. They dislike Twilight not because of the reasons mentioned above, but because it's a 'girl' thing and therefore icky. They make assumptions about the fans, and they hate 'Twi-tards' more than they hate the books. They think wearing 'Vampires Don't Sparkle' buttons on their backpack makes them nonconformist. And considering there are both anti-Twilight and Twilight movies, I think we can safely say taking either opinion doesn't make you cool or a rebel.
In conclusion?
Twilight's neither as good as lovers want it to be or as bad as haters want it to be.
It's simply a fantasy.
It's fine to hate it with intelligent reasons or like it with intelligent reasons. But I've yet to see either movement do so.


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In October, 1880 St. Mark's began acquiring its present site at 3rd and A Sts., SE. The 1868 frame chapel was moved across Third Street and was used by the congregation and by 1888 the congregation had grown enough to begin construction of the present building. Baltimore architect T. Buckler Ghequier was chosen as to design the church and the cornerstone was on September 17, 1888. The north end of the building was completed and opened in time to hold services on February 23, 1889. A passageway was built connecting the frame chapel with the new building and the former was used for a choir room and parish hall. In 1894 the frame chapel was finally demolished and the tower, nave, chancel and the west thirty feet of the parish hall were completed.
St. Mark's is located at 3rd and A Sts., SE. There is limited accessibility to the public.


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Discover the fine arts of rock and stone painting!
While working up some pages and Creative Tidbits for our Designing Women special I discovered the art of painting stones. I had no idea it is such a popular and wide-spread practiced art and craft. Although searches bring up literally millions of images, it is not a new art. It's one that's been practiced for thousands of years. Here are just a few of the highlights we found.
- Rock Art!: Painting and Crafting with the Humble Pebble
- How to paint rock mandalas
- Meditative Mandala Stones
- The Art of Stone Painting
- Cindy Thomas Rocks
- A gallery of pages and samples


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Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012
Missed Friday's "Whither American Education?" conference at American University? Here are some highlights from the event:
In the first panel discussion, John Agresto (President Emeritus, St. John's College), Meira Levinson (Harvard University), and G. Borden Flanagan (American University) discussed the goals of education. While Agresto and Flanagan championed the importance of a university-level liberal education (in Agresto's words, "knowing the [liberal arts] may not be of use, but is is of value"), Levinson focused more on the K-12 world. Arguing that the current future-oriented framing of educational goals (one learns math and science so one can get a job) neglects the crucial civic mission of schools, Levinson urged educators to view students as contributors to society now instead of simply "adults-in-waiting."
The second panel transitioned from looking at the goals of education to examining its means. Chester Finn (Fordham Institute), Andy Rotherham (Bellwether Education), and William Galston (Brookings Institution) generally agreed that education reform is needed, especially in the area of instruction and teacher quality. The K-12 education system is not set up in a way that attracts or retains the best and brightest college graduates to be teachers. Further, there is a lack of clarity in the education community on what the goals of K-12 schooling should be. As Rotherham pointed out, "Good schools prepare students for life, and they teach them how to be good citizens. It is much more than college and career ready–it's life and citizenship ready."
The final panel saw reports from the front lines, with Richard Barth (KIPP charter schools), Paul Hill (Center on Reinventing Public Education), and Bob Nardo (Tennessee Achievement School District). Two civics-related themes emerged from the discussion: schools are part of their surrounding communities, and schools form communities within themselves. Both Hill and Nardo pointed to the tension between education reformers and the school communities they are trying to help: parents still rally behind failing schools because they feel reformers are coming in and doing things to their schools rather than working with them to improve schools. Barth said that part of the success of KIPP charter schools was in working with communities and gaining parental support.
The panel also discussed schools' role in teaching good citizenship. Nardo questioned whether the kind of character education championed by many charter schools and which avoids making "value judgments" went beyond an appeal to "win friends and influence people" and promoted the formation of specific civic attachments. (See here AEI's Rick Hess on the limits of transactional citizenship.) Hill agreed, but argued that there exists a correlation between informed and healthy civic dispositions and basic academic skills such that, even absent specific programs in civic education, schools, by simply educating, were still performing part of their civic mission.
In their January report "Strengthening the Civic Mission of Charter Schools," Robin Lake and Cheryl Miller examine many of these same themes by looking at a number of charter schools, including KIPP, YES Prep, Cesar Chavez, UNO, BASIS Schools, High Tech High, National Heritage Academies, and Democracy Prep, among others. Check out that report here, and take a look at the papers from our own education conference last October, Civics 2.0: Citizenship Education for a New Generation, here.


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I'm trying to make a character in 2.5 platformer (in UDK) to "climb" a giant tree trunk by walking on a spiral staircase enveloped around the tree. When character goes right the tree rotates thru matinee sequence so it seems that the character is moving while in reality it is the tree that moves.
I connected the matinee sequence playrate to the velocity of the character and its all good as long the character just moves left or right. When it jumps though, the velocity still affects the playrate - it should not as character moves up/down, not right/left.
How do I set it up in Kismet so I get a float variable with velocity only in the X plane (horizontal)?


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Jel Claws ST-2020 HO Scale Tire for Johnny Lightning X-Traction & Aurora AFX
Jel Claws ST2020
HO 1/64 Jel Claws Slot Car Tire
Johnny Lightning X-Traction & Aurora AFX
Jel Claws ST2020
HO 1/64 Jel Claws Slot Car Tire
Johnny Lightning X-Traction & Aurora AFX
Product Number: ST-2020
Scale: 1/64
Tire Applications: 1/64 HO scale: (rear) Johnny Lightning X Traction, and AFX Magnatraction cars with beveled wheel, HO scale rear slicks.
Sold as a Set of 10 (5 pair).
Rim Diameter
Tire Height
Sidewall Height
Tire Inside Diameter
Tire Width
Rim Diameter - Metric
6.6 mm
Tire Height - Metric
11.63 mm
Sidewall Height - Metric
2.52 mm
Tire Inside Diameter - Metric
6.6 mm
Tire Width - Metric
6.48 mm
Front or Rear
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Five thousand or so Union troops, mostly from Winfield Scott Hancock's Second Corps, awaited these Confederates behind a low stone fence and atop the shallow, open slopes of Cemetery Ridge. (Men from Norfolk-native John Newton's First Corps were also there.) Lee believed that Meade had critically weakened the center of his line in order to reinforce the flanks the day before, and he entrusted Longstreet with achieving a breakthrough. Longstreet doubted the wisdom of Lee's plan—"I believe it will fail," he told his artillery chief—preferring to send his troops wide around the Union left. In the end, though, Lee's jaw was set.
The Attack
While many Tennesseans and North Carolinians surged well beyond the road, about half of Pettigrew's men stopped there. In contrast, Pickett's Virginians were fresh troops, not having endured the bloodshed of the previous two days, and they managed to maintain their formation, executing that left oblique under fire and closing with Pettigrew's men near the road. Meanwhile, on the Union side of the stone fence, the 71st Pennsylvania saw the Virginians headed their way and abandoned the Angle, leaving behind two pieces of artillery. The 72nd Pennsylvania rushed to cover the gap from eighty yards behind the line, while the 69th Pennsylvania held on at the wall. When Pickett's men arrived, they halted and exchanged fire with the Pennsylvanians at close range.
John Imboden recalled Lee saying that evening, "I never saw troops behave more magnificently than Pickett's division of Virginians did today in that grand charge." He then expressed confusion as to why the day had not been won. Still, he told another general that "this has all been my fault." An observer remembered Pickett "weeping bitterly," and John Singleton Mosby later claimed that Pickett blamed Lee for the disaster: "That old man destroyed my division." Some historians are skeptical of this last line, but it holds a prominent place in The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara's Pulitzer Prize–winning novel about Gettysburg (1974) and its film adaptation, Gettysburg.
High Water Mark
Bachelder also coined the use of "copse" to describe the trees, a brilliant piece of branding according to the historian Thomas A. Desjardin, but it is also faulty history. There is no evidence that the stone fence or the trees behind it played any part in the planning of the charge. In fact, there is no evidence that before 1870, historians or battlefield tourists paid any attention at all to the Bloody Angle or the "copse of trees." Regardless, the idea of a "High Water Mark" served Bachelder's twin purposes of proving that Gettysburg was the war's decisive battle—so he could paint its definitive pictures—and convincing people to visit the battlefield. It also captivated survivors of Pickett's division. By 1870, they were immersed in the postwar ideal of the Lost Cause, wherein the late war had been an honorable fight that failed through no fault of their own. The Bloody Angle served as the glorious climax of that narrative—the moment just before triumph turned into tragedy.
One of the remarkable accomplishments of the Lost Cause narrative of Pickett's Charge is that it manages to obscure the fierce controversy that attended initial remembrances of the event. For instance, survivors of the attack argued for decades over who could claim bragging rights for advancing farthest. Pickett's men ignored the accomplishments of other troops and pointed out that Armistead and his group of one hundred Virginians were the only Confederates to have penetrated the Union line. But two angles in the stone wall meant that the Union troops who confronted Pettigrew and Trimble were actually eighty yards farther east than were the Pennsylvanians who stopped Pickett. Even if they never penetrated the enemy's line, some of Pettigrew's and Trimble's men advanced within twelve yards of the wall, farther forward than Armistead's men.
The veterans engaged in other, more important arguments, such as over who was to blame for the attack's defeat. Someone once asked Pickett that question and he famously replied, "I always thought the Yankees had something to do with it." This was sensible enough and carried with it the additional advantage of not blaming the revered Lee, but Confederate veterans preferred to turn on each other. The villains were either Pickett's men or Pettigrew's, Virginians or North Carolinians.
This may have been true, but, ultimately, language has proved to be the final arbiter of this dispute. That this glorious disaster has come to be known as "Pickett's Charge"—when Pickett commanded only half the men and did not plan the assault—suggests that the Virginians had the upper hand. And if all the men of Pickett's Charge were not always Pickett's men, they are now.
Pickett's Charge Lives On
The Lost Cause view of Pickett's Charge has survived, more or less, for the last hundred years. Ken Burns's 1990 public television documentary, The Civil War, left "uninformed viewers with the impression that George E. Pickett's division of Virginians made up all, rather than considerably less than half, of the assaulting column," the historian Gary W. Gallagher has written, "and that Pickett, rather than James Longstreet, oversaw the Confederate effort." Gallagher then adds a wry, parenthetical aside: "(LaSalle Corbell Pickett would no doubt cheer Burns's decision to make her husband the central figure of the famous assault.)" Shaara's novel and the subsequent film adaptation also tell a heroic tale, with Shaara (and Burns) relying in part on letters between Pickett and his wife that Gallagher has helped to prove that she largely fabricated.
In a 1991 essay on Lee, the historian James M. McPherson noted that the high Union casualty rate at the 1864 Battle of Cold Harbor—where Union general Ulysses S. Grant's frontal attacks have led to charges that he was a butcher—was basically the same as at Pickett's Charge. "Yet Pickett's Charge has been celebrated in legend and history as the ultimate act of Southern honor and courage against the Yankee Goliath, while Cold Harbor symbolizes callous stupidity," McPherson wrote. "The Lee legend has indeed romanticized some harsh realities."
- Civil War, American (1861–1865)
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- APA Citation:
Hess, E. J., & Wolfe, B. Pickett's Charge. (2015, October 28). In Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved from http://www.EncyclopediaVirginia.org/Pickett_s_Charge.
- MLA Citation:
Hess, Earl J. and Brendan Wolfe. "Pickett's Charge." Encyclopedia Virginia. Virginia Humanities, 28 Oct. 2015. Web. READ_DATE.
First published: July 8, 2009 | Last modified: October 28, 2015
Contributed by Earl J. Hess and Brendan Wolfe. Earl J. Hess is an associate professor of history and the Stewart McClelland Distinguished Professor in Humanities at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tennessee. He is the author of Pickett's Charge:The Last Attack at Gettysburg (2001). Brendan Wolfe is editor of Encyclopedia Virginia from 2008 to 2019.


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I'm moderating this week's Great Lakes Policy Forum, Thursday morning at 9:30 at USIP. Here's the announcement:
2011 is a year of high stakes in the DRC. MONUSCO is due for renewal by the end of June and elections are due to be held before the end of the year. Meanwhile, a new report has documented sexual violence in the DRC is occurring at much higher rates than previously reported and is less concentrated in the Kivus and other conflict affected areas. With human security at such low levels and elections preparations so far behind, recent reports state that the Congo could face renewed political crisis. What are the underlying reasons for these problems and how should the United States and the international community respond to such high stakes in the DRC?
Joshua Marks
Central Africa Program Officer, National Endowment for Democracy
Tia Palermo
Assistant Professor, Stony Brook University
These are fantastic speakers and it should be a great event - hope to see you there!


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A few of the KDE distributions have been sending us their annoucements. Tomahawk Desktop 1.1 has been released. "Tomahawk Desktop is an advanced multimedia centric KDE desktop". *** QiLinux 2.0rc1 free edition was released with KDE 3.5.2, "QiLinux is a KDE-centric distribution for desktop and server made completely from scratch". *** Arabian Linux has released version 0.6, "It's the first Arabic live distribution using KDE as the default GUI and the first to have the Arabic language enabled in consoles". *** Finally Kubuntu 6.06 LTS Beta was announced with the promise of Long Term Support.
Arabian Linux? Why!?
Why not just have ubuntu and when you burn the dvd's simply set the default language to whichever country it is in. If ubuntu doesn't have all the packages needed then that's a bug and fix ubuntu.
Is there any need at all to make a new distro instead?
Ubuntu? Why!?
Why not just have Debian and when you burn the dvd's simply set the default language to whichever country it is in. If Debian doesn't have all the packages needed then that's a bug and fix Debian.
Is there any need at all to make a new distro instead?
... and yes I don't really want to start a distro war, just pointing out the obvious ;)
Well, you have a very good point :)
I think you are right, more efforts should be made on integration of Arabic in the main distros rather than creating a new one.
Why should not Arabs make business with arab distributions?
It is probably also of strategic importance for the arab hemisphere to run an own distribution.
Why? Here's one reason. Sometimes it's easier to work out all the issues within a focused dedicated team of people sharing the same goal than it is to be just a small insignificant part of a much larger project where it's much harder to make the changes you need to make. Then once the problems are solved the larger projects can pick up on the solutions and mainstream them.
And the best thing about it is that with open source all their changes can be put into the larger distros!
"Is there any need at all to make a new distro instead?"
You should ask that question to Mark Shuttleworth
John Tapsell? Why!?
Why labour an old point when you could have just linked to one of the many other vocal commentators who've made this point again and again throughout open source history?
But to be more serious, you can't summarise the worth of the project from a kde-dot summary. Some people don't like joining huge projects, some people have a tight group that makes much faster progress than a larger effort. How do you know their work won't filter into Ubuntu? How do you know their efforts actually are equivalent to a localisation effort on Ubuntu?
And anyway, you can't stop people doing their own thing. I thought you were a kde-devel so I'm a little surprised you don't understand how open source works. I wanted to get involved with KDE, so I've gradually worked myself into a niche. But with hindsight I know it would have been a lot easier and perhaps more satisfying to have started my own similar project. Even though I wouldn't have been able to help or amuse nearly as many people with my work.
Perhaps this says something about large open source projects, but I don't think this can be fixed.
Well, I use Debian unstable installed from Kanotix. I don't know whether this is my (mis)configuration but I cannot open my arabic file correctly. Even ini konqueror the filename is rendered as ?????.doc. Opening with kword make some paragraphs that use pronounciation hints (that show the reader whether a word should be read "kataba" (means "wrote") or "kutiba" (means "was written")) rendered broken. Funnily, when I close kword, the save-or-discard confirmation dialog rendered the filename correctly.
Remember that Arabian Linux devs recompile KDE from source. Maybe because it should be patched.
I downloaded 6.06beta and tested on a pretty high-end notebook (a Samsung). Almost Everything worked. DHCP didn't find an IP but a manual call in konsole did... no clue why it didn't work on boot.
There is a big bug in Espresso (the installer for the live-cd) which crashes while partitioning: https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/espresso/+bug/40555/ I hope this will be fixed soon...
I really don't like the KWin-Theme... For flight6 it was a Vista-lookalike; while I think Vista is ugly (und so was flight6) this new one is even worse... Well, it doesn't look like Vista and that is *good* (I think KDE shouldn't look like Vista/Windows because it is not Vista/Windows). Well, with 3 mouseclicks Plastic (KDE 3.5-default) is running :-)
I really think that Dapper will rock. I will test on my other machines on Monday, I hope the bugs I reported against Flight6 are fixed.
dapper will most likely have another one in the final release, actually work is going on on this. do an apt-get dist-upgrade and choose the 'kubuntu icons' in the windowdecoration settings...
Why is KDE Network manager not part of Kubuntu's default installation, when it is for Ubuntu? Are they not supposed to have feature parity?
If it is because of its newness, well, Kubuntu is shipping a pre-release version of CUPS, something far more critical that Network Manager.
I currently have a non-profit with 20 KDE desktops running Suse 9.3. While Suse 9.3 may still have a bit of life left, we are beginning to look for alternatives and Kubuntu could be the ticket, assuming they fix the printing issues that many have reported (look at planetkde.org).
How serious is the promise of long-term support and what does exactly does it mean?
Does it mean only security issues will be fixed or will we also see bug-releases in KDE's stable series be backported?
How big is Kubuntu's QA/security/packaging team? How well established is their QA methodology for releasing security updates? Do they have sufficient hardware to test their updates on? How about automated testing?
The reason I ask is that when I first tried Kubuntu, I fell in love with it, but there were some broken packages that took forever and a day to fix. This, or any form of breakage on production systems, is not something that I can expect any of my clients to be able to accept.
I have just moved and haven't had a chance to test the Kubuntu Dapper betas. Can someone who has comment on how thorough the graphical configuration tools are and how well they work?
I have found Yast to have a lot of depth and to be extremely reliable, although I do prefer apt for package installation. So how well do Dapper's tools compare to Yast? Considering that Yast was Gpled a while ago, I wonder if anyone has given any thought to integrating into Kubuntu.
I could potentially get some customers to provide financial support for a port of Yast if Kubuntu committed itself to it.
Sorry for the long past and thanks for all the work.
As far as I know, Yast is currently being ported to Debian, but far from being finished. ( see also http://yast4debian.alioth.debian.org/ )
Have a nice day!
Yast is what I am missing on Debian.
KNetworkManager isn't in main because it's a new package and not yet been reviewed, it will be soon before final release. network-manager isn't installed by default for Ubuntu.
CUPS 1.2 is a pain but we have someone working on patches, see my recent post to kubuntu-devel mailing list if you want to help testing them.
Long term support promise is very serious and means you can get a contract with Canonical for thee years of support rather than the normal 18 months. Security updates will also be available for free for three years (five for server packages).
"Kubuntu's QA/security/packaging team". We're a community project and Dapper has been really exciting in the number of people we have had helping. Security is handled by me and the Ubuntu security dude, I have all three supported architectures at my house to test on.
The live CD installer is still a bit rough, but should be good in time for final release.
What broken packages did you find?
KDE network manager will be in the final release.
and about Yast, please contact Jonathan Riddell (jriddell a t ubuntu d o t com) or aks on #kubuntu, they might be interested.
SuSE has also released their 10.1 RC2: http://lists.opensuse.org/archive/opensuse-announce/2006-Apr/0006.html
Even a half year old Suse 10 works better that Kubuntu!
Printing is total broken, I have to use Turboprint for my Canon Pixma4000.
This works only in Suse. Why? Dont know! Ask the Kubuntu people...
I converted all my 2 installations back to Suse and all is working again.
My Pixma4000 works fine on (k)ubuntu. It was not easy but i did it lookin around at linuxprinting.org
workin' on the printer problem. probably already fixed (apt-get dist-upgrade) :D
There is a lot of talk about K/Ubuntu and I am not sure if it is worth it. Currently, I seriously don't see anything that makes it better than other distros. Suse 10.x is more reliable and robust, so is Kanotix and PCLinuxOS. There are many features that they have or work better but missing in K/Ubuntu or don't work as good. Every time there was a new release of K/Ubuntu, I burn a cd and end up disappointed and feel I wasted a cd for nothing. K/ubuntu has potential because of the financial backing, but that doesn't make it better. I applaud Kanotix & PCLinuxOS developers for a first class distro even though they only have limited resource.
Note: I am not a troll. I never used Windows at home. I have been using Suse for 5 years and Kanotix for a year. Occationally, I look into PCLinuxOS and other distros. By the way, the three above are mainly commited to KDE and Ubuntu is not. I think it is a mistake and may be it has to do with commercialization of Ubuntu in the future.
>>Note: I am not a troll. I never used Windows at home.
My Dad always claimed he was not an alcoholic. "I'm not an alcoholic, son" he would say, as he smacked me back and forth and downed another 12 pack of Hamms. He died of cirrhosis at the age of 45, all the while claiming it was the pesticides on the trees where he worked (he was a mechanic and worked indoors.)
My advice to you is quite simple: If you feel like you have to post "I am not a troll", then you are trolling. There are a number of clinics where you can get together with other close-minded zealots, and you can talk openly with one another. Tuesdays are "My desktop environment it better than yours", followed by Friday night's "My distro is better than yours"..
I use KDE on Ubuntu. Each to his own, eh? One size does not fit all. Also, Suse is dropping KDE as default.... You *did* know this, right?
Yes to each his own and what I was presenting is my opinion of Ubuntu and my discust with the big hupla being created about nothing.
No, I am not a troll and I don't care one way or the other because I am happy with what I have. Keep in mind though, that people who lie think everyone else are liers. So may be your are the troll after all.
May be Suse is dropping KDE as the default, but they still support it. Ubuntu hasn't been as supportive.
I gotta agree. Ubuntu gets lots of "free" press, but it's not that great of a distro. Kanotix does far more out of the box. The last time I tried Ubuntu, it had all kinds of silly errors and missing packages that it took forever to get into a working, usable, system.
Usable to me means that all movie formats work, for example, that two accounts can be logged into the GUI at the same time on the same machine without silly errors, etc.
Kubuntu probably isn't worth using until Ubuntu makes it standard. When one installs a GUI app from a Ubuntu repository, both menu systems (KDE and GNOME) should be updated, etc. It was silly for Ubuntu not to include both from the start.
Ubuntu still needs Debian repostories to make it in the real world, which, IMO, defeats the whole purpose. Kanotix uses real Debian repos, and I'm rather up to date, recent KDE, xorg, etc. What was the point of Ubuntu getting their own repos agan??
Kanotix has a lush KDE setup, the perfect combination of speed and features. The right-click menus are stocked full of handy items - extract here for archives, etc., and it's FAST, even on older systems - the fastest KDE distro I've ever used. They must have cut something, but I can't find anything missing...
I so often hear, in the outside, non-linux world, ubuntu mentioned as a major ditro. For example they will mention Mac, Windows and Ubuntu...Why, lol? No offense to anyone, but nothing makes Ubuntu special. It's not the best Desktop distro, it's not the best newbie distro, it's not the best live distro, it's not the best business distro, it's not the best hacker/do it yourself distro (though sometimes I think it tries). It doesn't even make 4th or 5th place in any of those categories...
If you want a robust business distro, use SUSE. If you want a damn-good "it's in there" live distro, use Kanotix. Kanotix also makes a damn-fine liveCD, with unionfs and klik, you can add many packages to your live session. You can get flash and other non-free stuff NEEDED for a modern browsing experience without BS which is why I found it amusing that there is a vmware saved state machine for ubuntu, of all distros, available for download! I haven't tried it yet, but it's supposed to be for use as a browsing system - but I wonder if it comes with flash, java, the ability to view quicktime movies, etc. If not, who would use it to browse?
+1 to Kanotix.
It's just it sometimes break when dist-upgraded to Debian. Oh, well.
>Currently, I seriously don't see anything that makes it better than other distros.
The one thing that makes K/Ubuntu better than SUSE above all else is the 17.000+ packages that are easily installable with apt-get. There's no hassle with trying to find additional repositories, or hunting for an rpm for your distro.
As if Suse doesn't have all those same 17,000 apps! Suse has YaST which is as user friendly as APT. Kanotix & PCLinuxOS also use Debian repositories and use Kpackage which is even simpler and more user friendly than apt-get. Your point has no merits. In my opinion, the only thing K/Ubutnu is good for is the finnacial resources "Shuttleworth" has available. Other than that, it still has ways to get to the level of Kanotix, PCLinuxOS & Suse. I guess this is enough debating. To each his own. When K/Ubuntu gets to par with others, then I might think about using it, but for now, it is not good enough, plain and simple.
couple of points:
1) If you think Yast is as user friendly as synaptic with apt, you're smoking crack
2) PCLinuxOS does NOT use Debian repositories. It's an RPM BASED DISTRO (which started out as a fork of Mandrake to be exact)which uses SYNAPTIC.
Fact checking before venting is always a plus :)
I have played with a ton of distros. Kubuntu would not install,Simply Mepis is way too simple, PC Linux had a wonderful sharpness to it but I really fell for Kanotix. I have it running on several pc's and a laptop perfectly. Now and then I stray and play with a few other debian distros but nothing has even come close to the speed and ease of use. I will say however that it is rather ugly out of the box.


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My mother wasn't a touchy-feely kinda mom—at all. I mean, she gave a kiss or two here and there if you were saying goodnight or heading off to a sleepover or something, but all that hugging and smooching and laying in the lap and stuff? Yeah, not so much. She loved me, no doubt. But she wasn't loving.
And really, that was okay, because I had my Dad for the handholding and the skipping and the giggling and stuff. The man just loves kids, but he absolutely adored me—reminded me every time he folded me into his strapping embrace—his heartbeat keeping time with mine—or held my hand while we strolled through the mall, licking on strawberry and butter pecan ice cream cones, my tiny feet keeping double time to match his stride.
He lived to make me laugh. And feel loved.
And I did.
And I do.
And I promised myself that when I became a mother, I'd extend the warm and fuzzy to my babies because kissing on them and hugging on them and loving them up was, thanks to my daddy, as natural and beautiful as summer rain.
So with that pretty vision of rainbows and stars and hearts and whatnot dancing in your head, try to help me understand how in the hell I ended up here:
Scene 1
(The parking lot of our local Kroger)
Me: (reaching out for the hand of my 10-year-old, Mari)
Mari: (looking down at said hand, as if it's a steaming pile of poo)
Me: What, you don't want to hold my hand?
Mari: Um… I don't care if I hold your hand or not. (She stiffly holds out her digits for her mom's pleasure.) But if I see someone I know, I'm gonna have to let it go.
Me: (A silent, "Well damn.")
Scene 2
(The pasta aisle in our local Kroger)
Me: Aw shucks, that's my jam! (Insert image of me snapping my fingers and bopping to Stevie Wonder's "As.")
Mari: (Whipping her head around like she's a spy straight out of a scene of Mission Impossible...) Mommy! Stop!
Me: What? What's wrong?
Mari: You're dancing (she tugs at my arm).
Me: (Looking down at my arm like she just sliced it with a knife) What? Dang, I can't dance now, either? It's. Stevie. It's, like, on the law books that you have to dance when Stevie's on.
Mari: Mommy, please stop. Please? (Her eyes darting, trying hard to hold on to that giggle. A trickle of it escapes.)
Me: (Insert image of me pushing the cart aside and cabbage patching and wopping it out, center aisle.)
Yeah, I did it. Yeah, she was embarrassed as all get out. And yeah, I think when she gets older and has her own children and gets to reflecting on the kind of mother she wants to be -- the cold one who rations out hugs and kisses or the warm one who busts moves in the pasta aisle -- she might remember those moments when I took her hand in mine and I broke a sweat trying to make her laugh. When her mother tried to paint the picture of her childhood with rainbows and stars and hearts.
And she just might hold her own daughter's hand a little tighter in the parking lot, even in front of judgmental fifth graders, or dance for her -- no matter who's watching.
Because this is how it should be.
Note: This piece originally was written for my column at Parenting.com's The Parenting Post. To see the rest of my columns there and to enjoy great mom-to-mom advice on raising children, CLICK HERE.


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Yasiel Puig clubbed a go-ahead three-run homer in the fourth and finished with four RBI, as the Los Angeles Dodgers downed the Miami Marlins, 6-5, in the opener of a three-game set at Dodger Stadium.
Puig homered for the second straight game to give the Dodgers a 4-3 lead before adding a bases-loaded walk an inning later to extend the margin to 6-3.
Pinch-hitter Reed Johnson ripped a two-run homer in the eighth to bring the Marlins within one, but Kenley Jansen retired the side in order in the ninth to nail down his 12th save of the season.
LA starter Dan Haren (5-1) held Miami to three runs on seven hits over seven strong frames to pick up the win and added an RBI single at the plate.
Andre Ethier also drove in a run for the Dodgers, who dropped three of four in San Francisco over the weekend.
The loss was the least of Miami's worries on Monday, as the team placed star pitcher Jose Fernandez on the 15-day disabled list with a right elbow strain. The Marlins are still awaiting the results of an MRI, but early indications point to the reigning National League Rookie of the Year needing season-inning surgery on his pitching elbow.
With the Marlins in desperate need of a solid start, Tom Koehler (3-3) failed to deliver, giving up four runs on six hits and five walks in just 3 2/3 innings to absorb the loss. Koehler threw 103 pitches, just 57 of which found the strike zone.
Christian Yelich laced a solo shot and scored three times, while Giancarlo Stanton knocked in two runs for the Marlins, who have lost four straight.


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Growing up gay, I found very few books about the gay experience. I think it was late into my senior year in high school when I finally got around to grudgingly reading some Danton Remoto, and it was only four years ago that I finally got to read gay classics like James Baldwin's "Giovanni's Room" or E.M. Forster's "Maurice".
While I didn't exactly have a difficult gay childhood, I sometimes wish that I had these books around when I was grappling with my sexuality. I feel like it would have made things so much easier for me and probably shortened my time in the closet considerably.
But if I had any trouble, I'd think it wold be so much more difficult for transgendered teens. I don't think the transgendered experience has been written about a whole lot, and I am struggling to think of a book in the Western canon that does so.
Which is why it's a good thing that there are now books coming out that tackle this particular experience. In 2004, we had Julie Ann Peters' "Luna". And just recently, Brian Kathcer's "Almost Perfect" won the Stonewall's Children and Young Adult Literature Award, given out at this year's Newberry Awards. Of course I had to get a copy.


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The Rapids Reserves kicked off their 2014 campaign with a 3-1 win over the University of Nebraska Omaha on a beautiful Sunday at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. Gabriel Torres, Grant Van De Casteele and Marlon Hairston all scored for the home team, and Joe Nasco preserved the margin of victory with a dramatic late penalty save.
All the goals were scored in the first half, and Nasco, a substitute to start the second half, had relatively little action until the 90th minute. A penalty was called to the surprise of both teams, and Nasco dived to his left to maintain his clean sheet.
The Rapids had jumped all over Omaha early on, taking the lead after just six minutes and doubling it four minutes later. The first goal came from a beautiful give-and-go between Torres and Hairston at the top of the box, and the Panamanian forward knocked the return ball past the goalkeeper for the early lead.
Colorado kept the pressure up, and had a 2-0 lead come off a corner kick in the 10th minute. Kamani Hill's low cross snuck into the six yard box, where Van De Casteele got a foot on it in traffic for the goal.
Omaha was able to strike back in the 20th minute, when a long ball was crossed to midfielder Mark Moulton, who chipped the bouncing ball over Clint Irwin's head to cut the lead. The Rapids struck back soon after, when a perfect cross to the near post by trialist Thomas Piermayr, one of the match's standout players, was flicked home by Hairston.
Colorado made many substitutes in the second half – Van De Casteele, Piermayr and fellow trialist John Neeskens were the only players to go the full 90 – including a total of five players from the Academy (Nathan Braaten, Jovanni Chavez, Kortne Ford, Isaac Martinez, and Quentin Pearson).
The match was also a return to action for goalkeeper Irwin, who was tested little in his 45 minutes. He has been recovering from a quad strain suffered in the final preseason game against the New England Revolution on March 1.
Rapids Reserves expect to play another match next Sunday, March 30 at Dick's Sporting Goods Park, against the University of New Mexico, kick-off 11 a.m.
Rapids Scoring Summary:
COL – Gabriel Torres (Marlon Hairston) 6'
COL – Grant Van De Casteele (Kamani Hill) 10'
NEB – Mark Moulton 20'
COL – Marlon Hairston (Thomas Piermayr) 26'
Rapids Reserves: Clint Irwin (Joe Nasco 46'); Thomas Piermayr**, Brenton Griffiths (Quentin Pearson 61'), Grant Van De Casteele, John Neeskens**; Jared Watts (Miles Chow* 61'), Nathan Sturgis (Kortne Ford* 61'); Marvin Chávez (Jovanni Chavez* 46'), Marlon Hairston (Isaac Martinez* 46'), Kamani Hill (Charles Eloundou 46'); Gabriel Torres (Danny Mwanga 46', Nathan Braaten* 76')
*Rapids Academy


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Explore the vicinity of Berlin on the 66 Lakes Trail, a large circular hiking route. A hike around the metropolis in the midst of Brandenburg's scenic beauty.
The famous German novelist Theodor Fontane described the area surrounding Berlin 150 years ago. In the 21st century, the best way to go on "Rambles in Brandenburg" is on the 66 Lakes Trail. But not to worry, hikers don't have to do the entire 400 kilometre hiking trail in one go. The 66 Lakes Trail has excellent transport links to the German capital. We can be back in Berlin city centre within 45-60 minutes from almost every stage of the trail. Hikers can combine the excellent 66 Lakes Trail with a thrilling city tour.
Even though the Baltic Sea is still far away, water is a major theme on this route. The numerous lakes, marshes, streams and rivers, including the Spree and Havel, amaze us throughout the hike. It has been scientifically proven that hiking along the water's edge makes people happy.
Yet there is also a wealth of culture on the 66 Lakes Trail. We venture through Potsdam and marvel at Sanssouci Palace, Cecilienhof Palace and the mini version of Brandenburg Gate.
On this route, you can go on a leisurely hike through the lowlands or follow the many sandy uphill paths for panoramas of the fields and meadows. And when we finally return from our hiking day trip, we know that it is true what they say: you don't have to go far to get away on the 66 Lakes Trail.
Manuel Andrack, editor, presenter, author and hiking blogger:
"The stage from Biesenthal to Wandlitz in Barnim Nature Park is packed full of surprises: meadow landscapes, beautiful forests, idyllic bathing lakes, an actual gorge and the stopover in Wandlitz to round it off."
At a glance: 66 Lakes Trail
Starts/ends: Potsdam
Length: 416 km
Number of stages: 17
Altitude variation: lowest point 26 m, highest point 151 m
Terrain: 79% unmade, 9% asphalt, 12% other, e.g. farm tracks
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As a Natural Health Practitioner as well as a full-time Martial Arts Practitioner, Health for me has become a lifestyle.
On my own journey to find health and balance I've read widely, learnt a lot by experience (ouch) and have dealt with a heap of people with similar problems. As a result I've grown enormously in the process!
If you're into learning new things, finding things out for yourself and would like to look after yourself in a healthy, no-nonsense way, then you're in the right place! I believe in doing things naturally, finding reasons for things that have gone wrong or are out of balance and fixing them…the way Nature intended…to Be In Balance with Myself and My Environment.
So, let's take responsibility for our own health and well-being!
I will hopefully cover here some of the stuff that our Grandmothers knew…that your Mother didn't teach you, because we lost that link to Nature due to being "modernised".
I hope you will find here the inspiration to live naturally and in balance, or the answers you're looking for if you're not! If I haven't addressed your questions yet, you can ask them here or in the comments and I'll do my best to answer them, either directly or in a future post!
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Avian influenza
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Avian influenza
Key facts
- Avian influenza (AI), commonly called bird flu, is an infectious viral disease of birds.
- Most avian influenza viruses do not infect humans; however some, such as A(H5N1) and A(H7N9), have caused serious infections in people.
- Outbreaks of AI in poultry may raise global public health concerns due to their effect on poultry populations, their potential to cause serious disease in people, and their pandemic potential.
- Reports of highly pathogenic AI epidemics in poultry, such as A(H5N1), can seriously impact local and global economies and international trade.
- The majority of human cases of A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) infection have been associated with direct or indirect contact with infected live or dead poultry. There is no evidence that the disease can be spread to people through properly cooked food.
- Controlling the disease in animals is the first step in decreasing risks to humans.
Avian influenza (AI) is an infectious viral disease of birds (especially wild water fowl such as ducks and geese), often causing no apparent signs of illness. AI viruses can sometimes spread to domestic poultry and cause large-scale outbreaks of serious disease. Some of these AI viruses have also been reported to cross the species barrier and cause disease or subclinical infections in humans and other mammals.
AI viruses are divided into 2 groups based on their ability to cause disease in poultry: high pathogenicity or low pathogenicity. Highly pathogenic viruses result in high death rates (up to 100% mortality within 48 hours) in some poultry species. Low pathogenicity viruses also cause outbreaks in poultry but are not generally associated with severe disease.
Avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) background
The A(H5N1) virus subtype, a highly pathogenic AI virus, first infected humans in 1997 during a poultry outbreak in Hong Kong SAR, China. Since its widespread re-emergence in 2003 and 2004, this avian virus has spread from Asia to Europe and Africa and has become entrenched in poultry in some countries, resulting in millions of poultry infections, several hundred human cases, and many human deaths. Outbreaks in poultry have seriously impacted livelihoods, the economy and international trade in affected countries.
The A(H7N9) virus subtype, a low pathogenic AI virus, first infected 3 humans – 2 residents of the city of Shanghai and 1 resident of Anhui province - in March 2013. No cases of A(H7N9) outside of China have been reported. Containment measures, including the closure of live bird markets for several months, have impacted the agriculture sectors of affected countries and international trade. Continued surveillance for A(H7N9) will be necessary to detect and control the spread of the virus.
Ongoing circulation of A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) viruses in poultry, especially where endemic, continues to pose threats to public health, as these viruses have both the potential to cause serious disease in people and may have the potential to change into a form that is more transmissible among humans. Other influenza virus subtypes also circulate in poultry and other animals, and may also pose potential threats to public health.
Avian influenza A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) infections and clinical features in humans
The case fatality rate for A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) virus infections in people is much higher compared to that of seasonal influenza infections. The A(H7N9) virus particularly affects people with underlying medical conditions.
Clinical features
In many patients, the disease caused by the A(H5N1) virus follows an unusually aggressive clinical course, with rapid deterioration and high fatality. Like most emerging disease, A(H5N1) influenza in humans is not well understood.
The incubation period for A(H5N1) avian influenza may be longer than that for normal seasonal influenza, which is around 2 to 3 days. Current data for A(H5N1) infection indicate an incubation period ranging from 2 to 8 days and possibly as long as 17 days. Current data for A(H7N9) infection indicate an incubation period ranging from 2 to 8 days, with an average of five days.1 WHO currently recommends that an incubation period of 7 days be used for field investigations and the monitoring of patient contacts.
Initial symptoms include high fever, usually with a temperature higher than 38°C, and other influenza-like symptoms (cough or sore throat). Diarrhea, vomiting, abdominal pain, chest pain, and bleeding from the nose and gums have also been reported as early symptoms in some patients.
One feature seen in many patients is the development of lower respiratory tract early in the illness. Respiratory distress, a hoarse voice, and a crackling sound when inhaling are commonly seen. Sputum production is variable and sometimes bloody.2 Complications of A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) infection include hypoxemia, multiple organ dysfunction, and secondary bacterial and fungal infections.3
Antiviral treatment
Evidence suggests that some antiviral drugs, notably oseltamivir, can reduce the duration of viral replication and improve prospects of survival.
In suspected cases, oseltamivir should be prescribed as soon as possible (ideally, within 48 hours following symptom onset) to maximize its therapeutic benefits. However, given the significant mortality currently associated with A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) infection and evidence of prolonged viral replication in this disease, administration of the drug should also be considered in patients presenting later in the course of illness. The use of corticosteroids is not recommended.
In cases of severe infection with the A(H5N1) or A(H7N9) virus, clinicians may need to consider increasing the recommended daily dose or/and the duration of treatment.
In severely ill A(H5N1) or A(H7N9) patients or in patients with severe gastrointestinal symptoms, drug absorption may be impaired. This possibility should be considered when managing these patients.4 Moreover, most A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) viruses are predicated to be resistant to adamantine antiviral drugs, which are therefore not recommended for use.
Risk factors for human infection
The primary risk factor for human infection appears to be direct or indirect exposure to infected live or dead poultry or contaminated environments, such as live bird markets. Controlling circulation of the A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) viruses in poultry is essential to reducing the risk of human infection. Given the persistence of the A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) viruses in some poultry populations, control will require long-term commitments from countries and strong coordination between animal and public health authorities.
There is no evidence to suggest that the A(H5N1)and A(H7N9) viruses can be transmitted to humans through properly prepared poultry or eggs. A few A(H5N1) human cases have been linked to consumption of dishes made of raw, contaminated poultry blood. However, slaughter, defeathering, handling carcasses of infected poultry, and preparing poultry for consumption, especially in household settings, are likely to be risk factors.
Human pandemic potential
Influenza pandemics (outbreaks that affect a large proportion of the world due to a novel virus) are unpredictable but recurring events that can have health, economic and social consequences worldwide. An influenza pandemic occurs when key factors converge: an influenza virus emerges with the ability to cause sustained human-to-human transmission, and the human population has little to no immunity against the virus. With the growth of global trade and travel, a localized epidemic can transform into a pandemic rapidly, with little time to prepare a public health response.
The A(H5N1) and A(H7N9) AI viruses remain two of the influenza viruses with pandemic potential, because they continue to circulate widely in some poultry populations, most humans likely have no immunity to them, and they can cause severe disease and death in humans.
However, whether the influenza A(H7N9) virus could actually cause a pandemic is unknown. Experience has shown that some animal influenza viruses that have been found to occasionally infect people have not gone on to cause a pandemic while others have done so. Surveillance and the investigations now underway will provide some of the information needed to make this determination.
In addition to A(H5N1) and A(H7N9), other animal influenza virus subtypes reported to have infected people include avian H9, and swine H1 and H3 viruses. H2 viruses may also pose a pandemic threat. Therefore, pandemic planning should consider risks of emergence of a variety of influenza subtypes from a variety of sources.
WHO response
WHO, in its capacity for providing leadership on global health matters, is monitoring avian influenza very closely, developing and adjusting appropriate interventions in collaboration with its partners. Such partners include animal health agencies and national veterinary authorities responsible for the control and prevention of animal diseases, including influenza.
Specifically, WHO, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE), and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) collaborate through a variety of mechanisms to track and assess the risk from animal influenza viruses of public health concern, and to address these risks at the human animal interface wherever in the world they might occur. In short, WHO is monitoring the situation as it evolves, and as more information becomes available, will revise its guidance and actions accordingly.
1 Gao, H., et al. Clinical findings in 111 cases of influenza A(H7N9) virus infection. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013, 368:2277-2285.
2 The Writing Committee of the WHO Consultation on Human Influenza A/H5. Avian influenza A (H5N1) infection in humans. New England Journal of Medicine, 2005, 353:1374-1385.
- 3 Emergence and characteristics of the avian influenza A(H7N9) virus
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- 4 Pharmacological management of humans infected with avian influenza A(H5N1) virus
WHO rapid advice guidelines
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J.D. Power & Associates finds that self-directed investors are feeling less satisfied than last year when it comes to the investment firms that they work with for their online trades and related activities: From a possible score of 1,000, the industry average declined by 16 points to 752.
The 2013 U.S. Self-Directed Investor Satisfaction Study, released Monday, includes the views of 3,619 investors who make investment decisions without the counsel of investment advisors. They were interviewed in January and February about the specific firms that custody their accounts.
Communications seems to be a key area where improvement is needed.
"Investment firms miss an important opportunity to keep self-directed investors informed about fees, investor tools and other product offerings by not communicating in the manner and frequency that investors prefer," said Craig Martin, director of the wealth management practice at J.D. Power, in a press release.
"Firms need to know how their investors would like to be notified—whether it occurs via email, phone or other means. It's important to contact investors proactively and at the appropriate frequency based on investor preference."
Of the 10 firms ranked by investors, most in the top five spots saw their scores drop from 2012. One exception was the 2013 best performer, which saw its score rise by 12 points from a year ago.
J.D. Power's study of self-directed investors is now in its 12th year. The research tracks self-directed investors' satisfaction based on these factors (in order of importance): interaction, account information, trading charges and fees, account offerings, information resources and problem resolution.
Investment firms like Charles Schwab (SCHW) and Vanguard are offering more online tools and information for self-directed investors than ever, the research firm says, but the additional content and capabilities "may actually make it more difficult to access the functions investors are seeking if a website is not easy to navigate and communication is not clear."
For example, J.D. Power states: "Overall satisfaction declines by 72 points when website functions are difficult to locate. When investment firms do not communicate frequently enough and do not communicate via investors' preferred methods, satisfaction declines by 62 points."
Other areas where investment firms showed a decline in their results over the past year were as follows:
- The percent of investors who say they "completely" understand their fee structure dropped to 35% from 39%.
- The proportion of investment firms that contact investors two or more times in the past 12 months—the minimum standard—regarding products, services or educational seminars fell to 34% from 39%.
- The incidence of investor awareness/use of at least one financia planning tool decreased to 28% from 31%.
The research also found that although 55% of investors say their firm offers educational seminars, only 7% have attended one of these seminars.
"While, in theory, offering more tools and services may seem to be better, those offerings will have limited value if the features and benefits aren't applicable to the majority of investors," noted Martin. "Investment firms need to understand the trading behaviors of their investors and provide them with information, tools and other capabilities that will address their highest priority needs. Taking a one-size-fits-all approach is likely to result in fewer investors being satisfied."
Keep reading for self-directed investors' ranking of investment firms, along with last year's chart for comparison:
(For last year's results see next page)
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Oakland, Berkeley, And East Bay News, Events, Restaurants, Music, & Arts
United 93 which uses the hijacking of one plane on September 11, 2001, to tell the story of what happened to all four aircraft seized that morning may be the most wrenching, profound, and perfectly made movie nobody wants to see. There is no reason to think that multiplex hordes anxiously await the arrival of this bummer blockbuster. Too many have said so much insisting otherwise, to the point of forcing New York City theaters to pull an early trailer containing scenes of the World Trade Center towers with their gaping, smoke-spewing wounds. But they are unavoidable in the film: Images of the smoldering towers broadcast by CNN loom over the shoulders of military men and air-traffic controllers throughout, hovering like ghosts. United 93 wants you to do more than remember it wants you to remember how you felt.
Universal, which is releasing the movie, and writer-director Paul Greengrass have said and done all the right things to placate those who accuse them of ripping at fresh wounds. They've emphasized the okay given by the families of those killed on that flight; Greengrass interviewed most of them at length, and talked to members of the 9/11 Commission and flight controllers who worked that day. They've promised to donate 10 percent of opening-week receipts to the Flight 93 National Memorial Fund. They've even cast in central roles real United pilots and flight attendants and some of the air-traffic controllers who were working that morning, bringing to this work of fiction a harrowing degree of verisimilitude that only ups the ante. Imagine reliving that morning over and over, take after torturous take, all for the sake of getting a bad thing just right.
Never mind that this moment has already been docudramatized for television, for the A&E Network's overwrought Flight 93, the highest-rated show in its history. Those who will forever view United 93 as a case of too much way too soon cannot and will not be placated by sincere gestures. They are right to say that none of us needs to be told once more what happened that day; we're reminded of it each time George W. Bush invokes the date to explain or excuse his actions since then. But that is precisely why United 93 needs to be seen: Even as a work of fiction, it wrests from politicians' sweaty hands the cynical battle cry that date has become and shrinks September 11 down to a human-sized tragedy. Those killed in the planes and in the towers and in the Pentagon are eulogized here mourned over, cried for, at last considered.
"It's going to be a good day on the East Coast," says an air-traffic controller words heard just after the movie begins in a dim Newark motel room, as four terrorists (played by Khalid Abdalla, Lewis Alsamari, Omar Berdouni, and Jamie Harding) prepare for their suicide mission. They pray in the early morning darkness; one shaves his chest and packs the weapons. It's as though they're off to a day at the office, as are many of the passengers on the San Francisco-bound flight that made it only as far as a Pennsylvania field. Greengrass more than once contrasts the actions of the terrorists with those of the folks on the flight; late in the movie, they're all shown praying in different languages, for different reasons, to different gods.
The filmmaker bound to a fever-pitch finale that would thrill if it weren't intended to chill begins at a leisurely pace, with the hectic but mundane grind of the day-to-day. Passengers, many of them character actors whose faces are as familiar as their names are not, place cell-phone calls to colleagues and family members; even a terrorist utters into his mobile a final "I love you" before going on board. Flight attendants share crushes on maintenance men; pilots talk about growing children and hectic schedules. Even their final act, their attempt to take control of the plane after the hijacking, is portrayed as something prosaic: the inevitable last gasp of the desperate and doomed. It's to Greengrass' estimable credit that he does not underscore such things as Todd Beamer's "Let's roll!" proclamation, which is barely even heard here. It was just something said, two words only later mythologized by those who needed to latch onto such heroism to cope with such villainy.
Greengrass, who specializes in close-quarters thrills (The Bourne Supremacy) and real-life terror (Bloody Sunday), is a visceral filmmaker; you feel his stuff in your guts. But he does not stay aboard Flight 93 for the entirety of the movie: He cuts back and forth between various air-traffic control centers and military command posts, playing fly-on-the-wall doc-maker as he captures snippets of benign chitchats that turn into frantic, helpless wails as planes begin falling from the sky. United 93 makes irrelevant the in-the-works adaptation of the 9/11 Commission Report; Greengrass is as indignant toward panicked and absent government officials as he is respectful of the passengers aboard Flight 93. That, ultimately, is what makes this the perfect movie: You will feel something during every single second of it dread, fear, anger, hate, hope, and most of all grief, which is all anyone can ask of an endeavor such as this.
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Meliá Panama Canal is a luxurious five-star resort nestled within a lush tropical habitat on the shores of Gatun Lake along the Panama Canal. The resort offers exquisitely appointed rooms with sweeping lake views, a full array of on-site amenities, and plenty of local attractions and sightseeing excursions to choose from.
A popular eco-tourist destination, the area is home to Soberania National Park, one of the most accessible and abundant rainforests in the world. This pristine preserve is a nature lover's dream with over 100 species of mammals, 525 species of birds and 124 species of reptiles and amphibians. The world-famous Panama Canal is just minutes from the resort, and local points of interest include Fort San Lorenzo and the Colon Free Trade Zone.


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Bearcats run over Pittsburgh to open season with win
Cincinnati wins 34-10
The 96-pound riverboat trophy is staying at this end of the Ohio River.
George Winn ran for a pair of touchdowns, including a 58-yarder on Cincinnati's first play of the game, and the Bearcats took advantage of more Pittsburgh mistakes for a 34-10 victory Thursday night, opening a Big East season that is a prelude to change.
It was the start of the Big East's final season before a major overhaul. West Virginia already has left for the Big 12, and Pitt and Syracuse will head to the ACC after the season. Next year, the conference expands to the South and West.
"To end the rivalry here with a win and the trophy stays here, that's a blessing," quarterback Munchie Legaux said.
Cincinnati (1-0) won four of the last five games in the Ohio River rivalry, the latest with a reconstituted offense featuring seven new starters.
Legaux, who went 2-1 as an injury fill-in last season, showed off his all-around skills. He completed 14 of 28 passes for 205 yards, including a pair of short throws that running back Ralph David Abernathy IV turned into touchdowns. Legaux also ran six times for a game-high 117 yards.
"I felt I showed everybody I can run this offense," Legaux said. "We call it the no-name offense. I felt I went out there and answered a lot of questions for people."
Legaux is one of Cincinnati's biggest unknowns. As a sophomore last season, he was an erratic passer given to long stretches of incompletions. He was off-target on several intermediate throws Thursday, but didn't have a turnover.
"We still have to be able to play what we call pitch-and-catch," coach Butch Jones said. "But I thought Munchie managed the offense. He was poised, calm and collected. That's what you want from a quarterback."
Pitt (0-2) had several costly plays from senior quarterback Tino Sunseri and more sloppiness overall only five days after a stunning 31-17 loss to Youngstown State. The Panthers are 0-2 for the first time since 2005, the year Cincinnati joined the conference.
Pittsburgh had a touchdown wiped out by penalty, and Sunseri threw an interception in the end zone and held the ball too long on the final play of the first half, letting the clock run out with the ball at the 2-yard line.
"They played the play right," Sunseri said. "I learned with 5 seconds left not to put so much air under it so you have a couple seconds so you can kick a field goal."
Ray Graham, who returned this season following reconstructive knee surgery, had a 50-yard run that set up Pittsburgh's field goal for its first score. Graham carried 19 times for 103 yards.
Freshman running back Rushel Shell made his debut and carried eight times for 31 yards. Shell, who set a Pennsylvania high school rushing record, was one of six players suspended for Pitt's opener.
For Pitt, it started badly and never got much better. Winn took the handoff on Cincinnati's first play from scrimmage and went 58 yards untouched down the middle of the field for a touchdown.
"It was a great energy boost to our fans, to everyone," Jones said. "I thought it was a great way to get started."
Five plays later, Walter Stewart stripped Sunseri of the ball as he dropped to pass, turning the ball over at the Pitt 38. Legaux threw a swing pass to Abernathy, who went 15 yards down the sideline for a 14-0 lead.
The Bearcats are trying to turn Abernathy into their playmaker, replacing running back Isaiah Pead. The sophomore also turned a short catch into a 12-yard touchdown that completed a 99-yard drive in the fourth quarter.
Just like five days earlier, the Panthers had big problems when they got close to the goal line.
Graham had a 6-yard touchdown run wiped out by a holding penalty in the second quarter, and Sunseri was picked off in the end zone by middle linebacker Greg Blair.
A last-minute Pitt drive helped by a pass interference penalty put the ball at the Cincinnati 2 with 5 seconds to go. The Panthers decided to throw one more pass rather than kick a field goal. Sunseri held the ball too long while looking for a receiver and the clock ran out as he finally threw the ball away.
The Bearcats were surprised that Pitt didn't take the field goal.
"You always want to just take the points," Stewart said. "It was a gamble by them."
Sunseri was 24 of 37 for 278 yards with six sacks. He led a 76-yard drive against a soft defense in the final minutes, completing a 9-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left.
Unable to complete passes with any consistency, Legaux took off running and made a difference. He had back-to-back scrambles for 48 yards that set up a field goal. He also ran 77 yards after faking a handoff in the third quarter, finally getting pushed out of bounds at the Pitt 9-yard line. Winn ran the rest of the way for a 24-3 lead.
"I'm a pass-first quarterback," Legaux said. "In situations today, I had to use my legs. It worked out."